| Intro | Olympic swimmer | ||
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Athlete Swimmer |
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| From | Hungary | ||
| Type | Sports | ||
| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 19 November 1996, Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary | ||
| Age: | 23 years | ||
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Liliána Szilágyi (born 19 November 1996) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specialized in the butterfly events.
Career
She collected two medals (gold and silver) in the 100 and 200 m butterfly at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. Szilagyi is a member of Kőbánya Swimming Club in Budapest, and is coached and trained by Gyorgyi Turi. She is also the daughter of three-time Olympian and former freestyle swimmer Zoltán Szilágyi (1988, 1992, and 2000).
Szilagyi qualified for the women’s 100 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by completing the event more quickly than the FINA B-standard entry time of 59.07 seconds from the European Championships in Debrecen. She competed with seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympians Hannah Wilson of Hong Kong and former Olympic champion Otylia Jędrzejczak of Poland. She achieved sixth place ahead of Portugal’s Sara Oliveira by a tenth of a second (0.10) in 1:00.34. Szilagyi failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fourth overall on the first day of preliminary heats.